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A Companion to Literature and Film
Contributor(s): Stam, Robert (Editor), Raengo, Alessandra (Editor)
ISBN: 063123053X     ISBN-13: 9780631230533
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $255.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2004
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Annotation: "A Companion to Literature and Film" provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. Twenty-five essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations.


Contributors explore, in a highly innovative and groundbreaking way, important topics in the field. These include:


Key issues such as dialogism, hidden intertextuality, and adaptation as readings, critiques, and rewritings of source novels
Cultural concerns including iconophobia and the word/image wars
Theoretical issues such as "transecriture" and "intermediality"
Genre topics including "hagiopic" and the apocalyptic film
The relationship with other media, including photography and painting
Consideration of format, including seriality, and diverse source material
Thematic subjects such as hetero-masculinity in The Talented Mr Ripley and libertinage in the work of Eric Rohmer.


The combination of theory and sophisticated readings of novels and adaptations adds up to a tour de force that reshapes and reconfigures the very field of literature and film studies.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Reference
- Performing Arts | Film - Reference
Dewey: 791.436
LCCN: 2004017778
Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
Physical Information: 1.57" H x 6.98" W x 9.82" (2.23 lbs) 484 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. 25 essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations.

  • Covers a wide variety of topics, including cultural, thematic, theoretical, and genre issues
  • Discusses film adaptations from the birth of cinema to the present day
  • Explores a diverse range of titles and genres, including film noir, biblical epics, and Italian and Chinese cinema